The Platinum Mamba

DANGEROUS LUXURY, A $150,000 DOLLAR KNIFE

There are objects that are pure luxury. Baubles crafted by world class artisans using exotic materials to dazzle the eye and project power. The Crown Jewels. Faberge eggs.

And then there are meticulously crafted objects that use otherworldly materials to combine artistic achievement with well-established functionality. The Bugatti Veyron. The Patek Philippe Grand Complications. The Sandrin Knives Platinum Mamba.

The project began with a phone call from my great friend Rob Bianchin, Founder & CEO of Cabot Guns. Rob proposed a collaboration with Sandrin Knives to manufacture a single record-breaking knife.

“What could we create if price was no object?” he asked. “Something the world has never seen before.”

And so began a two-year quest involving some 50 of the world’s most skilled and talented artisans: jewelers, metallurgists, craftsmen and designers.

Our team made sketches and prototypes, performed test after test — embarking on a unique, no-holds-barred journey into the art and science of knife making.

Our metallurgists worked with our patented polyhedral tungsten carbide to make the Mamba’s blade harder than any steel knife ever crafted (HRC 71); a perfect combination of rare materials and geometrical lines.